What does dalle in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word dalle in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use dalle in French.

The word dalle in French means slab, slab, paving stone, flagstone, flag, esplanade, slab, gullet, escalope, thin slice, display, monitor, screen, pave, be starving, be famished, be a drinker, it costs peanuts, snack, have a bite to eat, be starving, concrete slab, not understand a bloody thing about, not get a bloody thing about, nothing, nothing at all. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word dalle

slab

nom féminin (surface plane en béton)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les plombiers ont fait passer leurs tuyaux dans la dalle.
The plumbers passed their pipes through the slab.

slab, paving stone, flagstone, flag

nom féminin (grosse plaque)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Son sol est composé de dalles de granit.
His floor is made up of granite flagstones.

esplanade

nom féminin (espace bétonné)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
En cas d'alerte incendie, les employés se regroupent sur la dalle devant l'immeuble.
In the event of a fire alarm, the employees gather on the esplanade in front of the building.

slab

nom féminin (montagne : paroi lisse et abrupte)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La face nord de ce massif est une dalle !
The north face of this massif is a slab!

gullet

nom féminin (argot (gorge)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Vaut mieux avoir Marc en photo qu'à table, c'est dingue ce que sa dalle arrive à avaler !
It's just as well Mark's not here eating with us; it's crazy how much he can shove down his gullet!

escalope, thin slice

nom féminin (Cuisine : tranche fine) (cuisine, for fish)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Je préfère la dalle à la darne de saumon.
I prefer escalope of salmon to salmon steak.

display, monitor, screen

nom féminin (Informatique : affichage)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La dalle de mon ordinateur portable est cassée.
The display on my computer is broken.

pave

verbe transitif (couvrir de dalles) (outside)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Martine voudrait daller cette allée.

be starving, be famished

locution verbale (familier (être affamé)

J'ai la dalle : il faut que je mange quelque chose !

be a drinker

locution verbale (boire beaucoup)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Gérard n'est pas vraiment sobre, il a plutôt la dalle en pente.

it costs peanuts

(familier (ce n'est pas cher) (colloquial)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

snack

nom masculin invariable (familier (casse-croûte, repas emporté)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Qu'as-tu prévu comme casse-dalle pour la randonnée de demain ?

have a bite to eat

locution verbale (argot (manger) (colloquial)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

be starving

locution verbale (familier (être affamé) (informal, figurative)

Je crève la dalle : il faut que je mange quelque chose !

concrete slab

nom féminin (plaque de ciment)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le maçon coule la dalle de béton sur laquelle sera construite la maison.

not understand a bloody thing about, not get a bloody thing about

(familier (ne rien comprendre à [qch]) (UK, informal)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

nothing, nothing at all

(familier (rien)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

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